Your May 2021 Arts Brief
By Meribeth Deen
May 16th, 2021 is a Sunday, and in all likelihood, you will not be going anywhere, certainly not to a museum or concert. Maybe, maybe… you will go to a park.
Entries Tagged as 'Life'
ARTS: Cream cheese and Covid Culture (Apr. 2021)
May 12th, 2021 · Comments Off on ARTS: Cream cheese and Covid Culture (Apr. 2021)
GREENINGS: More greenspace, fewer cars (Apr. 2021)
May 12th, 2021 · Comments Off on GREENINGS: More greenspace, fewer cars (Apr. 2021)
Let’s not go back to unhealthy “normal”
By Terri Chu
While we all wait for vaccines to bring us back to some sense of “normal” (don’t hold your breath as the variants might beat us at this game), let’s take a moment to reflect on how much normal really sucked: for so many Torontonians, “normal” meant sitting in the car for hours just to get to work.
FOCUS: On the road to a roof over his head (Mar. 2021)
March 26th, 2021 · 1 Comment
Long term Bloor Street sidewalk dweller is hopeful
By Nicole Stoffman
FOCUS: Revitalization of Robert St. Field (Mar. 2021)
March 26th, 2021 · Comments Off on FOCUS: Revitalization of Robert St. Field (Mar. 2021)
Long-awaited renewal of U of T park space for community use
By Mary An
GREENINGS: Urban agriculture has many environmental dividends (Mar. 2021)
March 26th, 2021 · Comments Off on GREENINGS: Urban agriculture has many environmental dividends (Mar. 2021)
NEW IN BUSINESS: Opening during a pandemic (Mar. 2021)
March 26th, 2021 · Comments Off on NEW IN BUSINESS: Opening during a pandemic (Mar. 2021)
Scotty Bons Caribbean cuisine for pick-up or delivery to your doorstep
By Tanya Ielyseieva
GREENINGS: May you find your xingfu in 2021 (Jan. 2021)
January 27th, 2021 · Comments Off on GREENINGS: May you find your xingfu in 2021 (Jan. 2021)
LIFE: Preserving your poinsettia (Jan. 2021)
January 27th, 2021 · Comments Off on LIFE: Preserving your poinsettia (Jan. 2021)
Gardening resolution for the new year
In May 2020, the Annex Gleaner celebrated 25 years of publishing. In acknowledgement of this history we are offering timely highlights of our past; this feature Preserving your poinsettia is from January 2006.
By Sarah Brierley
FOCUS: Ring Music shuttered (Dec. 2020)
December 21st, 2020 · Comments Off on FOCUS: Ring Music shuttered (Dec. 2020)
A deeper look reveals a storied past
By Nicole Stoffman
Ring Music, the guitar shop at 90 Harbord St., whose customers included Gordon Lightfoot, Bruce Cockburn, and Lenny Breau, has closed after 51 years in business.
NEW IN BUSINESS: Get your fix of dumplings and wontons (Dec. 2020)
December 21st, 2020 · 1 Comment
Brave entrepreneurs open a restaurant during COVID
By Mary An
FOCUS: Pivoting from the pulpit with new technology (Dec. 2020)
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Churches and synagogues ready for on-line services
By Mary An
Nine months into the global pandemic, religious communities have shifted their pulpits onto digital platforms. With Christmas coming, churches seem to be taking the social isolation mandates that limit their ability to connect physically with congregants in stride, while enjoying expanded audiences and in some cases, even surprisingly intimate connections.
NEWS: Fairy doors “magically appear” (Nov. 2020)
December 4th, 2020 · Comments Off on NEWS: Fairy doors “magically appear” (Nov. 2020)
Though their origin is a mystery, they are being mapped
By Mary An
FOCUS: Park set for eco-restoration (Nov. 2020)
December 4th, 2020 · 1 Comment
A team of Indigenous workers are bringing Paul Martel Park back to life
By Tanya Ielyseieva